NEW YORK (Standard&Poor's) March 27, 2008--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services affirmed its 'BBB-' rating midstream energy company on Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (Enterprise Products) and its operating subsidiary Enterprise Products Operating LLC following our periodic review of the companies. The outlook on both companies is stable. As of Dec. 31, 2007 the company had about $6.9 billion of debt outstanding. The ratings on Enterprise Products are based on the consolidated credit quality of its operating companies and reflect its satisfactory business profile and aggressive financial profile. Key credit factors include the master limited partnership's (MLP) improved credit-protection measures, sizable proportion of fee-based revenues, and its greater business mix diversity developed over the past few years, which results in
